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Monday 10th June, 2024 Presidential candidates of the SJB and the JVP-led NPP, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake, respectively, have chosen to sprint even before the commencement of the next presidential race, which is a marathon, wherein one has to pace oneself skilfully to prevent fatigue and maintain momentum. The two sides have been […]
- SJB: JVP’s call for RW’s participation in proposed debate diversionary tactic (Category: Breaking News)
- Reveal plans, uphold transparency (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP renews its challenge for debate (Category: Breaking News)
- From Crisis Prime Minister To Put Down President (Category: Breaking News)
By Ifham Nizam Serendib Flour Mills (SFML), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai-headquartered Al Ghurair, one of the leading diversified family businesses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently conducted a media tour of its state-of-the-art facility situated at the Colombo Port. This visit underscored SFML’s ongoing commitment to enhancing Sri Lanka’s food security, fostering innov...
- Serendib Flour Mills enters retail market (Category: Business)
- Serendib Flour Mills launches fortified ‘Adi Shakthi’ flour in Kandy (Category: Breaking News)
- Wheat flour prices increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Serendib Flour Mills awarded ISO 22000:2005 (Category: Business)
[…]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Promises: The Parrot That Waited In Vain For The Fruit To Ripen appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Losing Faith In Sri Lanka: Is Wickremesinghe Corrupt? Are Our Judges Fair? (Category: Breaking News)
- Suppressing Free Speech & Religious Freedom By Labelling Them Hate Speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Disagreeing With One’s Community That Is Wrong Is A Duty (Category: Breaking News)
- Four New Universities: A Premature Budget Proposal For Cheats (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 6th May, 2024 Fear is being expressed in some quarters that the upcoming elections may bring the country under a pall of political uncertainty again, adversely impacting the ongoing economic recovery efforts in the event of a regime change and/or an unstable government. The SJB and the NPP have declared their intention to renegotiate […]
- Eran proposes raising PAYE threshold to Rs 200,000 a month (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB demands transparency in debt restructuring process (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024: An election year and global trends (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil likely to go for presidential poll first – sources (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post From Absurdities To Atrocities, Again? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Still On The Rotten Bridge (Category: Breaking News)
- Taxing Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Shades Of An Undead Past (Category: Breaking News)
- Still, The Mirage (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? – Part II appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya Since their visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government in February, leaders of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led National People’s Power coalition have become the poster-boys and girls of a complicated Sri Lankan political landscape, in a pre-election period. The once-marginal parliamentary group’s leader is now viewed as a potential […]
- Govt. accused of giving Indian companies access to Lankans’ biometrics (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt waits for clearance to implement India-funded Unique ID card project (Category: Breaking News)
- India further expands her role (Category: Breaking News)
- Adani investment has come in, we are not panicking about projects- Ali Sabry (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy It is inevitable that in the heat of an electoral battle, neighbours get mentioned, if not hurt. It is election time in India, to be followed by one or two in Sri Lanka – for the presidency and Parliament, though which would come first is known only to Mr God and President […]
- Jaya won’t give up Katchchatheevu (Category: Breaking News)
- Will not stop till Katchchatheevu is retrieved', Jayalalithaa (Category: Breaking News)
- Will a fishers’ defence force create more problems than solving any? (Category: Breaking News)
- Will not ‘stop’ till Katchchatheevu is retrieved: Jayalalithaa (Category: Breaking News)
By Sanath Nanayakkare Minister of State for Finance Shehan Semasinghe said on Monday that the government is aware of the low deposit interest rate senior citizens are earning on their savings as the policy rates are taking a downward trajectory amid declining inflation and expanded economic activity. He, however, said that interest rate relief cannot […]
- Decision to be reached on interest rates for senior citizens savings (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to regulate third-party deposits in senior citizens savings accounts (Category: Breaking News)
- Milinda blames halfhearted economic reforms over the years for current crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Understanding Poverty: A complex, multidimensional challenge (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy The figure is still low yet for ten per cent of Sri Lankans to indicate a preference for authoritarian rule does not augur well for the nation’s democracy, which is already under multiple pressures. The continuing economic crisis, which some experts say could push the nation
- Anura regrets 1987–1989 JVP insurrection (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP-led alliance invited for talks in Delhi for the first time (Category: Breaking News)
- A clichéd phrase that still makes sense and nonsense, too (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP to push for early Parliament elections (Category: Breaking News)
Six people, including a mother, her four young children, and a family acquaintance, were killed inside a townhouse in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven, late Wednesday night. During a media briefing Thursday afternoon, Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs said there were initially two calls to 911 around 10:52 p.m. Wednesday. He said first responders […]
- Sri Lankan family dead in Canada ‘mass killing’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan family murdered: 6 dead including 4 children in Ottawa mass killing (Category: Breaking News)
- Father of Sri Lankan family killed in Canada in shock (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect charged in mass killing of Sri Lankan family in Ottawa not seeking bail (Category: Breaking News)
Six people including a mother, her four young children and a family acquaintance were killed inside a townhouse in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven late Wednesday night.The post Sri Lankan family murdered: 6 dead including 4 children in Ottawa mass killing appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Grief, pleas for compassion at funeral for Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect charged in mass killing of Sri Lankan family in protective custody (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan family dead in Canada ‘mass killing’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect in killing of Ottawa Sri Lankan family held in protective custody (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Gaza: Creating Hell On Earth appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Putting Palestine In Perspective (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is Necessary In Gaza? Ceasefire Or Peace Keeping, Or Both? (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli Right To Defend & Palestinian Right To Be Free (Category: Breaking News)
- From ‘Never Again’ To ‘Here Again’ – World’s Shameful Indifference To Israeli Impunity! (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy For the uninitiated in Sri Lanka, AKD in politico-strategic circles in the neighbouring India’s capital, New Delhi, refers to Ajit Kumar Doval, the nation’s all-important National Security Advisor (NSA). For counterparts in India, who are even less initiated, the initials stand for Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the centre-left Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna […]
- Ungoverned, ungovernable? (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura insists visit to India will not change party policy (Category: Breaking News)
- Can this ‘centrist path’ take JVP up there? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is there a ‘next time’ violence? (Category: Breaking News)
N Sathiya Moorthy It is interesting to note that many international NGOs, and also the UN, have come down heavily on the government’s ‘Yukthiya’ (Justice) operation aimed at cleaning the nation’s streets of drugs, citing rights violations. But they seem to have no problem with the government permitting casinos as a part of the IMF-designed […]
- Taking the nation to a new ‘high’ (Category: Breaking News)
- President issues tough warning against violent street protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to expand controversial mass drug crackdown (Category: Breaking News)
- UN concerned over torture during Sri Lanka’s crackdown on drugs (Category: Breaking News)
… USD 5 mn paid to Iran a month By Shamindra Ferdinando Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has confirmed that consumers of petrol and diesel have been made to pay Rs. 50 to Rs. 55 per litre since the middle of last year to settle what the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owed its creditors. […]
- SJB unionist: IOC and Sinopec benefit from special levy on fuel to recover CPC losses (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. flayed for jacking up fuel prices despite Rs 120 bn profit since last Sept. (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC reduces price of petrol and diesel (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB questions Kanchana over suspension of fuel pricing formula, USD 3 bn debt to suppliers (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Israel Versus Palestinians: Thank God For South Africa’s Boldness appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ICJ Ruling On Israeli Genocide In Gaza; Stopped Short Of Ordering A Ceasefire (Category: Breaking News)
- Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Entrepreneurs Argue Against Unpredictable Exchange Rate, Interest Rates & Tax Policy appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Should The Central Bank Act Be Amended By A Future Government? (Category: Breaking News)
- Continuing With Tight Monetary Policy: Is The Central Bank Making A Mistake? (Category: Breaking News)
- Critique On IMF’s Second Review Under Extended Fund Facility (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2023: A Depth Or Dearth (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lankan Dream For 2024 & Beyond: Changing The System appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Police & Aragalaya Activists In A Time Of Social Upheaval (Category: Breaking News)
- Adopting A Humanist Approach To Empower Youths For National Development (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Is True “System Change” In Sri Lanka Only A Fantasy? (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando One-time Foreign Secretary Kshenuka Senewiratne and Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne (Rtd.) on Dec 04, 2023 assumed duties at the Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi and Islamabad, respectively. It would be pertinent to mention that Wijegunaratne previously served as the First Secretary/Defence Advisor of Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi […]
- Indo-Lanka relations:Shared challenges and ‘Quad’ strategies (Category: Breaking News)
- The Katchatheevu politics (Category: Breaking News)
- Vanni war and Israel-Gaza conflict: Funding catastrophes (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway departs as Indo-Lanka relations enter a new phase (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post New Episodes Of Sri Lanka Political Theatre appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Restoring The Dignity Of Sri Lankan Cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- The Rise & Fall of Bhanuka Rajapakse: How Sri Lankan Cricket’s Mismanagement Dimmed A Superb Tal... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will appeal ICC suspension – Sports Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Nominations handed over for Sri Lanka Cricket elections (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 27th November, 2023 The SJB has commenced collecting signatures for a public petition as part of a campaign to have those who are responsible for the current economic crisis stripped of their civic rights. Given public resentment, which is palpable, the SJB may be able to obtain hundreds
- SJB blames Rajapaksas for impending financial burden on public, calls for Government change (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy, debates and hard facts (Category: Breaking News)
- Reveal plans, uphold transparency (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB asks President to hold early general election (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Has Sampanthan Become A Liability For Tamils In Sri Lanka? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil’s Presidency & The TNA’s Dilemma (Category: Breaking News)
- V. Anandasangaree: The LTTE Vilified Him, But History Has Vindicated Him (Category: Breaking News)
- Rise Of Ultranationalism & Elections, Tamil Nationalism & Resurrection Of LTTE Ideology In Sri L... (Category: Breaking News)
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Accomplishments & Challenges (Category: Breaking News)
By N Sathiya Moorthy In a television interview last month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry reportedly said that the Government of President Ranil Wicrkemesinghe has taken ‘substantial steps to move away from a Welfare State’ in the last 18 months. And he said it not as if it was inevitable under the nation’s economic circumstances and […]
- After privatisation, who is going to feed the ‘gutter people’? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says economic recovery in Sri Lanka remains challenging (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says full economic recovery in Sri Lanka is not yet assured (Category: Breaking News)
A Gaza health ministry spokesman said hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other and that ignited protests in the West Bank and around the Middle East.The post Hundreds said killed in Gaza hospital blast, protests erupt appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Panic and confusion at scene of Gaza hospital blast (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamas and Israel trade blame after Gaza hospital blast kills hundreds (Category: Breaking News)
- Jordan cancels Biden summit after hundreds killed in Gaza hospital blast (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden, in Israel, says hospital blast caused by militants (Category: Breaking News)
Let us set the record straight, officially Retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera recently declared that in his capacity as Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security he would present to President Ranil Wickremesinghe a comprehensive report on how the war was conducted. The recent US denial of a visa to Adm. Weerasekera underlines […]
- Prez recalls debilitating Elephant Pass setback at Reid Avenue talk (Category: Breaking News)
- A message from Keith Noyahr at the launch of ‘Notes from the battlefield’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Blind security sector reforms: (Category: Breaking News)
- Vanni war and Israel-Gaza conflict: Funding catastrophes (Category: Breaking News)
by Amal de Chickera At the very centre of the catastrophe, are the people of Gaza themselves, caged in, bombed out, starved, parched, killed. Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian diaspora, Israeli allies who are anti-occupation, anti-authoritarianism and pro-peace, citizens of the world with a conscience – all of us are […]
- The mathematics of Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Recognition of Palestine’s statehood : SL should follow Norway, etc., – former top Lankan diplomat (Category: Breaking News)
- Mid-East violence underscores need for Two-State solution (Category: Breaking News)
- The Cauldrons We Make (Category: Breaking News)
This week, China is throwing a huge party to celebrate one of its biggest experiments in engaging with the world: its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Officials and leaders from all over the globe are in Beijing to attend a high-level summit marking the BRI’s 10th anniversary. Participants expected to show up range from Vladimir […]
- Beijing subway crash leaves 102 with broken bones (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden and Xi Jinping to meet in California (Category: Breaking News)
- Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (Category: Breaking News)
- How India overcame bitter G20 divisions over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Shows It Cares More Than Government appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Parliamentary Support Required For Effective Recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Regular Elections Are The Foundation Of Democratic Society (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Legitimacy Deficit Haunts Government (Category: Breaking News)
Opinion will surely be divided on whether Foreign Minister Ali Sabry should have waded into the ongoing spat between India and Canada on the assassination of a Sikh Canadian citizen allegedly by Indian agents according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Sabry got a lot of media play in India characterizing Trudeau’s statement to Parliament […]
- Sabry hits out at Trudeau over India-Canada diplomatic row (Category: Breaking News)
- Canadian interference alleged in Kurundi temple dispute as Ottawa reiterates genocide charge (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka caught up in Canadian Indo-Pacific Strategy (Category: Breaking News)
- Grave diplomatic issue (Category: Breaking News)
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